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Octavia Butler's 1993 novel, "Parable of the Sower" describes a fictional suburb of Los Angeles as "a struggling walled suburb... besieged by severe drought; class wars; violent, fire-setting scavengers; and a long-embattled population seized by political apathy.” In its 1998 sequel, "Parable of the Talents," a candidate runs using the slogan "Make America Great Again." Butler, who died in 2006, wasn't clairvoyant and pooh-poohed that idea. She was a student of history. Here's @TeenVogue's story about the prescience of her writings and those of Marxist historian Mike Davis.

flip.it/p6U3GU

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Teen Vogue · The LA Fires Aren't a Surprise If You Study History and Climate Change. So Now What?By Lex McMenamin

@CultureDesk @TeenVogue @histodons @bookstodon

teen vogue is just constantly out here showing up media with real journalism

@rustoleumlove @CultureDesk @TeenVogue @histodons @bookstodon

And that is a reason I have Teen Vogue on my RSS feed reader.

@bloodravenlib @rustoleumlove @CultureDesk @TeenVogue @histodons @bookstodon Mike Davis' City of Quartz provides an excellent backdrop to recent events in LA.

@CultureDesk @TeenVogue @histodons @bookstodon yet another amazing teen vogue article, this one on why the unforgettable octavia butler was right. if i ever get an author's words tattooed on my body it will be hers.

@mvc1095 @CultureDesk @TeenVogue @histodons @bookstodon Ser också att uppföljaren, där en populist politiker använde de slagord som en viss annan president gjort till sitt ”Make America great again” visst kommer i svensk översättning i år.

ovipress.se/bok/de-levandes-bo

O Lvandes
Ovipress · De levandes böcker - Ovipress

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Those are great books. I wish they were not so fucking prescient.